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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Changes in Accrued Warranties and Related Costs

The following table shows changes in the Company’s accrued warranties and related costs for 2012, 2011, and 2010 (in millions):

		2012				2011				2010
Beginning accrued warranty and related costs		$	1,240			$	761			$	577
Cost of warranty claims			(1,786	)			(1,147	)			(713	)
Accruals for product warranty			2,184				1,626				897
Ending accrued warranty and related costs		$	1,638			$	1,240			$	761

Future Minimum Lease Payments under Noncancelable Operating Leases

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases having remaining terms in excess of one year as of September 29, 2012, are as follows (in millions):

2013		$	516
2014			556
2015			542
2016			513
2017			486
Thereafter			1,801
Total minimum lease payments		$	4,414

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

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